CIVITAS - 9/29 Visioning Workshop for the East River Esplanade and Upcoming Gallery Tour

Visioning Workshop for the Future of the East River Esplanade

Join CIVITAS this Saturday for a Visioning Workshop for the East River Esplanade (60th - 125th St.)

Speakers include: NYC Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito and Nick Molinari, Director of Planning, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation.

Come and share your visions for a re-imagined Esplanade on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 9 am until noon at the Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue (side entrance at 104th Street). We invite you to join us at 8:30 am for coffee and refreshment. The program will begin at 9:00 am. BFJ Planning, professional planners, will lead breakout groups where you can discuss how you use the Esplanade and what you would like the improve.

Please register in advance: info@civitasnyc.org or (212) 996-0745

Can’t attend on Saturday, September 29? 

Share your visions, ideas or general comments online by clicking here.

Reimagining the Waterfront is a CIVITAS-sponsored initiative to improve the East River Esplanade between East 60th and 125th Streets. The Museum of the City of New York exhibition is open through October 28 and features the eight winning proposals from the 2011 design-ideas competition as well as historic images of the East River Esplanade and photographs of the site today.

All design submissions are linked here.

Gallery Tour: Reimagining the Waterfront Exhibition

Gallery Tour at the Museum of the City of New York with CIVITAS Executive Director Hunter Armstrong on October 4th at 3 p.m.

The tour is FREE with Museum admission. 
For more information please call the MCNY at 917-492-3395 or click here.

This Saturday: Public Design Discussion

Join CIVITAS for a Public Design Discussion
of the East River Esplanade (60th - 125th St.)

We welcome you to come and share your visions for a re-imagined Esplanade.

Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 9 am - noon
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street 

***Please register in advance: info@civitasnyc.org or 212.996.0745***

Updates on Reimagining the Waterfront are on: www.reimaginethewaterfront-civitas.com

Updated Reimagining the Waterfront Website and Upcoming Events

Check out CIVITAS’s newly updated Reimagining the Waterfront website

A NEW  Submissions Section where you can view all competition submissions as well as the winning designs.

A NEW  Comment Section.  We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts on the Reimagining the Waterfront: Manhattan’s East River Esplanade competition designs, and your visions for a re-imagined East River Esplanade.

A NEW  Support Section. Please consider a tax-deductible contribution to CIVITAS to support our mission and help us improve the East River Esplanade.

Reimagining the Waterfront is a CIVITAS-sponsored program to solicit design ideas for the East River Esplanade between East 60^th and 125^th Streets. The Museum of the City of New York exhibition will be on display until October 28 and features the eight winning proposals as well as historic images of the East River Waterfront and photographs of the site today.

Join Us For A Public Design Discussion

SAVE THE DATE
Public Design Discussion of the East River Esplanade
Saturday, September 29 (morning)

You are invited to a discussion of design ideas for Manhattan’s East River Esplanade. We welcome you to come and share your visions for a re-imagined Esplanade. Visit our Reimagining the Waterfront website for more information and design ideas from the competition.

Please register to attend by emailing info@civitasnyc.org

If you are unable to attend, you can still reimagine the waterfront and share your ideas with us by leaving a comment on our website.

Video of June 26 Jury Panel Discussion

On June 26 members of the Reimagining the Waterfront ideas competition jury convened for a panel discussion at the Museum of the City of New York.

Now you can view the the video of the June 26^th Reimagining the Waterfront panel discussion.

Lawyer and Upper East Sider Albert Butzel, veteran of the battle over Westway, Warren James, Principal at Warren A. James Architects + Planners, Signe Nielsen, Principal at Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Rob Rogers, Partner at Rogers Marvel Architects, and Adam Yarinsky, Principal at Architecture Research Office (ARO) discussed their favorite competition submissions and strategies for improving the East River Esplanade park. Crain’s New York Business Assistant Managing Editor Erik Engquist moderated the discussion.

Read about the event in DNAinfo: “Bold Ideas for East River Esplanade a Feat of Imagination, Fans Say”

Welcoming New CIVITAS Administrator - Lauren O'Toole

New CIVITAS Administrator, Welcome Lauren

We’d like to welcome Lauren O’Toole as the new CIVITAS Administrator.

Lauren has worked with CIVITAS before as a member of the 2010-2011 NYU Capstone team which completed a Community Engagement Study of the Upper East Side and East Harlem.   Lauren has most recently worked for Friends of the High Line and previously for The Community Preservation Corporation. She has also had internships at the Department of City Planning, New Yorkers for Parks and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s Office. Lauren holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Manhattan College. She and her fiancé live in on the Upper East Side.

And Sincere Thanks and Best Wishes to Tali Cantor

We wish Tali Cantor the best of luck as she begins her graduate degree in urban planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Tali worked for three years as CIVITAS's Associate Director and spearheaded efforts to improve neighborhood Select Bus Service, increase enforcement of newsrack box regulations, and led many other community improvement projects. She also guided the design of the semiannual CIVITAS newsletter. Thank you, Tali!